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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1889-08-20

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1889-08-20 page 1

VOL. L. NO. 199. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1889, ESTABLISHED 1811. DRAWING COLOR LINE Virginia Candidates for Office Nominated On Account of Enmity to the Segroes. General Mahone Will Likely Lead Eepubliean Hosts to Victory in Gubernatorial Fight. The New Cruiser Baltimore Odds ' and Ends of Capital News. - WASHrsGTojr. Aug. 19. (Special. The Democratic convention at Richmond, Ya., last week sent forth no uncertain sound on quite different from their Ohio brethren, who are always engaged in some scheme to induce tne colored voters to neip out , their ticket. There was not a colored man i it t- f' 1 cti null u an uui.ijg vu, vu . - . u three days' session at Richmond and the party managers did not attempt to disguise the fact that none of them were wanted. The orators all denounced negro suffrage and 'clamored for a white man's government. The , candidates all tried to make capital on this one question and McKinney's success is due to ' the fact ' that he outbid his competitors in the line of denunciation of the colored citizens of the State of Virginia and gave them to understand that in the case of his elevation to the Governor's office he would employ every means to deprive the colored people of their constitutional rights. McKinney, the Democratic nominee lor Governor, comes from the black belt and is regarded as one of the most effective bulldozers in the whole state. His nomination is in recognition of his services in organizing and carrying out . plans to prevent the colored voters of his section of the state from casting and having counted their votes. The other candidates were head and shoulders above him in ability and intelligence, bat McKinney demanded his reward for his brutal political methods, and the Democratic managers were afraid to reiuse the demand. , Yet these very same men have the ef-frontry to claim that the colored people in the black belt vote the Democratic ticket in large numbers. Another feature of the convention was the fact that allot the candidates were eulogized for the part they took in the rebellion, and a candidate without a Confederate war' record would have stood not the leaf t show in the convention. General Rosser, the irrepressible fire-eater, was present and in a five minutes' speech declared he would rather meet his Democratic friends with their gray uniforms on and with their sabers at their sides. He t longht they could accomplish more in this manner than by the present system of conducting campaigns. Congressman O'rerrall, one of the defeated candidates for Governor, made a very bitter speech and poured out his hatred for the colored race in a manner which won for him the greatest bourbon admiration. He said men of Caucasian blood would never submit to the domination of tbeAfncau. . Another of his sentences was "God never intended that the graves of Lee and Jackson should be scorched by the heat of radical malice or nipped by the frost of radical hate." This- sentiment! was veeiferougly cheered.- Henry K.Poi--iard, one of the defeated candidates for attorney general, also devoted some attention to the race question during his postmortem effort in behalf of the successful candidate. He said, among other bitter thines: "Africa has no more right, to uominate the South than Asia has to dominate California, or the anarchists and en" -"mists have to dominate the New In 1 nd states." i. ..tun be admitted that there is a refreshing frankness in the actions and utterances of the Virginia Democrats, which their Ohio brethren might do well to imitate. They make no attempt to conceal their haired for the colored people, and declare that it is not their intention to wllow them to exercise their political rights to long : as there is any way to prevent it. . The Republican state convention will be held at Norfolk this week, and the event is looked forward to with much interest. The friends of General Mahone - will predominate by a large majority, and the general will b urged to accept the nomination for Governor. If he does, he will give the Democrats a lively shaking up, and his chances for election will depend on how much assistance he-receives from the Republicans of the Northern states. The Spell-binders are -arranging to send speak ers k me state, anu it is tne present intention of the Republican national com- xuittee to lend snbstAnti&l flSgintAnnA. Important Pension Ruling;. "Washington, Aug. 19. Assistant Secretary Bussey has rendered an important decision on the pension claim of Daniel B. Kaufman, late of company A, Forty-eighth legiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, which was brought before him on a motiou for 'reconsideration In his decision the assistant secretary rescinds rule No. 135, made by Commissioner Black September 4, 15-35, and overrules the opinion ofex-Assistant Secretary Hawkins in the same case, that a "dishonorable discharge" from the service operates as ."bar to pension," He also holds that rule No. 135 was an erroneous interpretation of , the statutes granting pensions to the soldiers of the late war for disabilities incurred in the line of duur,and declares that the character of a soldier's discbarge can not affect his claim for pension on- ac- . . . f n .I, A Kii:.; .... I T 1 U. .L.l tuuiti ui Butu uisau.iiues. tic uuius kUUb a "dishonorable discharge" is a penalty for specific offense against the service, for which the soldier may be punished, but that the penalty can not. include. a claim for pension based upon disability. The two things are held to be wbodv distinct from each other and are not governed by t ie same legal considerations. - The opinion fully discusses the history of 'the pension system and the practice of tiie department, from the organization o: that system, in support of the present ruling. The decision rendered byex-Secretary Delano in the case of Colonel Roy, June 9, 1875, is quoted to the effect that "There is no statute which in terms imposes upon a dishonerabiy discharged soldier of the late rebellion a disability to receive a pension, provided he be disabled by - disease contracted, or wounds received while in line of duty as a soldier. The act of July 4. Ib2, grants a pension to any officer of the army who, since July 4, 1J61, was disabled while in the service and in line of duty. Neither act nor any subsequent act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto contains . any provision whatever by which a pension is denied to a disabled soldier of the war of 1861 because he was dishonorably discharged. The allowance and payment-of pension to such a soldier is conditioned alone upon proof of disability incui rei in the service and line of duty." The assistant secretary holds that for - the department to impose on a soldier the forfeiture of the right to even claim peu- ' sion because of a dishonorable discharge which may have been intiicted by court-martial for an offense of which tli court had jurisdiction, would be equivalent to punishing the soldier twice for the tame offense. In this view he is sustained by a decision of the late judge advocate general. Hon. Joseph Holt. The opinion re-establisbes the ruling of the department which prevailed through all adminis- ' trations antedating the issuance of rule ' No. 135 by General Black. Civil-Service Examinations.' . Washington, Aug. 10. Civil-service ex- ' animations for Applicants for the railway - mail service will be held iu a number of ' cities on the first Tuesday in September fcAa'U0cr i, Isc'J. iue nuuiber of appli cants from the states and territories named has been wholly inadequate to meet the demands of the service and there are at present no names on the registers of eligibies of some of said states and territories and very few on the registers of the others, while there are vacancies awaiting to be filled. A few blank applications will be sent to the postmaster of each place named- and may be obtained from him on personal or written request. Any person desiring to take an examination "should see to it that the application and accompanying certificates are filled up and forwarded to the commission on the earliest date possible. The applicant must be a citizen of the United States, not under 18 or over 35 years of age. Candidates for examination must report to the postmaster or' to the board of examiners at the place named for the examination, promptly at 9 a. m. orTthe day fixed: Tucson, Ariz. ; San Francisco. Sacramento, Los Angeles, Cala. ; Denver, Pueblo. Col. ; Boise Citv, Tdano; Spokane Falls,-Seattle, W. T.-t Miles Citv, Helena. Mont. ; Carson City, Nev. ; Albuquerque, N. M. ; Portland, Roseburg, Ore.; bait Lake City, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyo. They Want Dr. Porter. Washington, Aug. 19. An effort is mal. ing on the part of some of the people in Florida to secure the revocation of an order for Surgeon Porter to proceed to Jacksonville barracks. Dr. Porter on account of ill health is not held to active service and is now awaiting orders, a board having fouud him incapacitated by reason of heart trouble. He is state health officer of Florida and the people there have great confidence in his ability to deal with any threatened epidemic of yellow fever. They . are especially desirous that he should not be removed at this time, as he has had entire charge of the precautionary measures taken to prevent a reappearance of the yellow fever this season. Mr. Goodrich, who was one of the Republican candidates for Congress from Florida in the last election, came on here to present the matter to the department, and it is said has obtained assurance from Secretary Proctor that Porter will not be removed. It is rumored that Surgeon Sternburger, who is in Cuba, might be detailed to proceed to Louisiana in place of Porter. ' Colonel Tom Marshall Looking After His Chsneei. Washington, Aug. 19. Special. T. K. Marshall of Columbus is in the city looking after his chances for obtaining the House restaurant. The coveted privilege is now held by Ernest LeMour, a French caterer, who has quite a reputation in this city. After the adjournment of Congress Don-nelsen, who was given the place after he lost the position of door-keeper, turned the privilege over to LeMour for a consideration, the latter agreeingtotake his chances of holding on to the prize. Marshall is hard at work, and it remains to be seen whether or not he will succeed in ousting the Frenchman. The privilege is at the disposal of the committee on public buildings and grounds, and that will be appointed by the new speaker of the House. So it will be seen that the restaurant privilege will depend largely on the selection of a speaker. There are anumber of applicants for the place, and it is not yet sure that Marshall will be successful if the committee should decide to make a change. , New Postmasters at Dayton and Wash-... ington C. II. Washington, Aug. 19. Special. Before leaving for Deer -Park President ILar-rison appointed a number of postmasters, and among them were Lewis J Judson at Dayton and O. D. Smith at Washington C. II. The appointment of Judson , was predicted in these dispatches last week, and the reasons for the change in the Dayton office given at length. - .. - : : -t . The appointment of Smith at Washington C. H. is to take the place of Lloyd VY . Buckmaster, who declined the office. Husband and Wife May be Separated. Washington, Aug. 19. In answer to an inquiry from a Galveston man the Treasury department has decided that the wife of a Chinese merchant, who may himself be entitled to exemption from the provisions of the Chinese restriction acts by reason of his residence in the United States, can not be admitted to the United Stages when coming for the first time alone or with a returning husband otherwise than upon the production of the certificate re-auired by conditions of the act of July 5, l'sal. : . - . Good Report of the Raltimore. Washington, Aug. 19. Captain Schley, who will command the new cruiser Baltimore, is in the city, and expressed himself as well pleased with the performance of the ship. She made the run from Cape Hen-lopen to Cramp's wharf, Philadelphia,: in less than six hours, against a strong tide. Captain Schley says he would not be surprised if the vessel, when in perfect order, succeeds in exceeding by 1000 horse-power the 9000 required by the contract. Verdict in General West's Case. Washington, Aug. 19. The coroner's jury in the case of General Theodore S. West, who died a few days ago at Asbury Park, today rendered a verdict that-the dead man came to bis death from bright' s disease, and that death was not in any wise due to an assault made by a treasury clerk named Steriing Rutfin. Several physicians testified that General West had a very bad case of kidney disease, and also that his heart and liver were affected. -.. Death of an OTd Consul. Washington, Aug. 19. The State department today received a cablegram from the United States vice consul at Porto Rico announcing the death last night of Consul Edward Conroy. He was the oldest of United States consuls, and in length of service was tba junior of but one man, the consul at Gibraltar. He was appointed consul at San Juan, Porto Eico, in 1869, and was fully 80 years old. Off on a Trip. Washington, Aug.' 19. Secretary Win-dom left Washington today on three weeks' vacation. He will reach New York tonight, take a trip up the sound tomorrow, and spend some time in driving about New England, stopping for a few days with Mrs. Windoru at her old home in Newton, Mass. Meanwhile Assistant Secretary Batcheller will act as secretary of the treasury. The Flag Must Fly. ' Washington, Aug. 19. Acting Secretary Batcheller today issued a circular to custodians of buildings under control of the Treasury department requiring them to keep hoisted the United States flag during business hours, except in stormy weather. The revenue flag will continue to fly over custom-houses at present. Off for the West. ' Washington, Aug. 19. Secretary Rusk will leave here tomorrow for Deer Park, and will accompany the President to Cincinnati and Indianapolis. From Indian-opolis he will go to Milwaukee, where he will attend the forthcoming encampment. He will be absent from Washington three weeks. Bond Offerings. Washington, Aug. 19. The secretary of the treasury this afternoon accepted the following offers of bonds: $600 4 per cents registered at 128, $90,000 4 per cents registered at luG, am. $50,000 same at V.MJ4 ; $3,000,000 4 per cents registered were Ottered at 129, but were not accepted. Cadiz Pension Board. Washington, Aug. 19. Special. Commissioner 6f Pensions Tanner has appointed the following board of pension examiners at Cadiz: Richard P. Scott, Samuel G. Mc-Garran, J. A. McUrew. Storekeepers and Gangers. Washington, Aug. 19. The following appointments have been made: J. J. Winsted, storekeeper . and ganger ia Fifth Continued on second page. ANEW Y0KK H0KK0R Nine Persons Suffocated in the Burning of An Overcrowded Tenement Building. Poor Arrangements of the Police for Eescue of the People and Their Fatal Results. Harrowing Tales of Endeavoring to Escape from the Flames. New York, Aug. 19. Early this morning a fire broke out in the kitchen of the restaurant on the store floor 6f the five-story tenement at 305 Seventh avenue. Nine of the sixty-odd occupants of the house lost their lives, and it is a great wonder that many more did not perish. DEAD. William Glennon, 60 years, burned to death. - Nellie McGeoghan, 20 years, smothered. Mary Wells, 31 years, smothered. Jane Wells, 4 years, smothered. Thomas Wells. 2 years, smothered. Bertha Lustig. 40 years, burned to death. William AicK.ee, 47 years, burned to death. Jane Jeffrey, 65 years, smothered. Unknown woman, 45 years, smothered. . : : INJURED. William Glennon, 18, badly burned. John Glennon. badly burned and injured. The building was occupied by thirteen families, who are rendered temporarily homeless by the fire. The flames did not do very much damage in the various apartments, but burned out their strength in the hallways. The pecuniary loss will not amount to more than $10,000. The fire originated in the rear of John Snyder's restaurant at an hour when all the people in the house were sleeping soundly. Just bow the fire started is as yet a mystery, but as the restaurant's cook'is missing it is fair to presume that an accident occurred while he was making a fire in the big range. The awful speed with which the flames swept up through the building suggests the use of kerosene by the careless cook. The door leading from the kitchen into the hallway was found open and the great volume of flame rolled out into the passage and swept up the stairway so rapidly that families living on the first floor must inevitably have perished without even so much as a warning, but it so happened that the rooms directly over the restaurant were unoccupied on account of the heat, which seemed to sift through the flooring from the mammoth range underneath. Less than half a block away, on the corner of Twenty-eighth street and the avenue, were Policemen Warnes and McCullagh of the Thirtieth Street station. They received a warning from a cry of pain, which came from the building, and looking in the direction from whence it came saw a wall of fire beating against the front windows of the restaurant. By the time that a realizing sense of what - the trouble was broke over them; a forked tongue 'of aflame shot out from the roof and lighted up the neighborhood. With their clubs the two officers beat in thfc front door, but a spiteful blaze shot out and warned tbem back. They tried tba next door, and in that way found ' an entrance. There was no sign of life in the building, and the officers hurried from one door to another to arouse the inmates. Murniurinira at first were heard, then a buzz of many voices, which finally changed into a wail of terror and agony from men, women and children struggling for their lives in the death trap. Fire escapes leading from the burning building to the yet untouched tenement next, were soon filled with half naked people, Irantic to reach the street. In the meantime the fire department arrived and had begun to work on the flames and were assisting iu rescuing ths frightened inmates.The flames were extinguished easily enough by the firemen, and the people on the tire escapes were all landed safely. Not one person escaped down the stairway, and the names of the few who tried it are found in the list of the dead printed above. The search for the dead was begun as soon as possible. The first body found was thatof old William Glennon. The remains were discovered by the side of the bed in his room on the second floor. He had risen to fly with his sons, but his old legs were not nimble enough and he perished. The boys were taken to the hospital. They were badly burned on the feet, caused by walking on the hot iron bars of the fire escape. In the rooms of the Wells family was a sight which can not easily be forgotten. On the middle of the floor knelt the mother, Mary Wells, and in her dead embrace were her children, Jane and Thomasl They had been smothered, mercifully enough, and not a burn or blister defaced the pallor of tbeir countenances. The nine dead bodies were placed in ambulances and taken to the Thirtieth Street station, and later Coroner Hauley gave permits to friends who claimed the remains. . ' ' , Snyder, the keeper of the restaurant in which the fire broke out, has been arrested on suspicion of being responsible for its origin. A policy of insurance for $1000 on his stock was found in his possession, and one of his employes states that he found fat scattered over the floor of the restaurant.One of the most notable incidents of the fire was the gallant efforts of Ambulance Surgeon Schaeffer of the New York hospital. When he arrived on the scene all chance of any one escaping by the stairway was cut oif. as it was burning fiercely and the halls were filled with smoke. On hearing that Nellie McGeoghan. aged 20. had been cut olf from escaping in the top story, he boldly mounted the ladders and got into the fifth story by smashing a window. By this --time the crowd on the street was enormous. Men, women and children held their, breath in awe for several seconds that seemed minutes. At last the doctor was seen again at the window, carrying something that in the early morning light looked like a big bundle of clothes. It was Nellie Mc-Geoghan's form. He had found her almost smothered lying on her bed. Slowly with his heavy burden he descended the ladder and bore the girl to Laveny'n liquor store on the corner of Twenty-seventh street and Seventh avenue. When he attempted to revive her he found that she had perished in his arms. "There was some terrible bungling work by the police at the lire," said Dr. Schaeffer when seen subsequently at the hospital. "Why. I was the only doctor on the scene and mine was the only ambulance, and it was only luck that I got there at all. We only received a common hurry call to the Thirtieth Street police station, and when I got there I found the body of an old man, William Glennon. He had been suffocated, and after getting his name I jumped into the ambulance to ride to the hospital. Not a word had been said about any of the others. Out of curiosity alone I told the driver to drive around to Seventh avenue. When we got to the house 1 stopped the ambulance and got out and stood for a moment talking to the policemen and firemen. 'Are there any others burned'' I asked. 'Yes,' replied one of them ; 'there are somepeo- file up stairs.' 'Where are they?' I asked, ie could not tell, except that they were up stairs. I went up stairs and in one room found four bodies and in another three bodies. They had been suffocated, but from the look of them and from the feel of the flesh I am sure that some of them could have been saved if a general call for ambulances bad been - sent out with the lire alarm. There has been a great blunder on the part of some one, although ait there was for me to do was to send the Glennon boys to the hospital and then carry the dead to the station-house. Young Glennon will be all right in a few days but his brother William may die." John Glennon tells this story: "I don't know," said he, "how I first knew it was a fire. I smelled smoke and the air in my room seemed oppressive. '- But I often smell smoke from the restaurant on the street, and so at first paid no attention to it. I soon saw that the smoke was thicker than usual, and to see what it was I got out of bed, drawing on ' my trousers as I did so. As I set for a second on the edge of the bed a sheet of flame soared up past 1 e window and I jumped to my leet, yelling "Fire!' as, lond as I could. The first yell '; seemed to choke me, as it sounded to me like a whisper. The next was as loud as I could possibly shout, and it woke my brother and mother. We ran to the front window to get out on the fire escape. We could not see it for the flames, tight up past the windows the flames seemed to stand like a wall of some bright metal, and through the shutters of one window little tongues of iianie come through the slats. Will went to open the window, but before he could gee there the - shutters were all ablaze. Father was asleep, but Will woke him and we all went to the hall door. Mother did not seem to want to go. She hung back and at last Will and I took her by each arm and Will opened the door. The hail was full of smcke. It rolled and twisted right before our faces, and then we started through it for the stairs. "You see," turning his face while the tears were coursing down, "we could see there was no chance to- get down. The flames were roaring uponlyafew feet away from us. As we started "out of the room Will called to father to come, and suppo. ing he was with us we started up. How we ever got through the halls to the roof God only Knows. Now and then we would meet someone else bound for the same roof, but we could not tell one from the other. When we got on the roof Will cried, "Where's father? I thought he was right behind us.' ' Leaving mother there We went back to the scuttle, but instead of father Mr. Wilson and his wife and children came up. 'Me must be right below here,' said Wiil, and down he went through the scuttle again. I followed him and we searched around with our hands to find him. Wo could see nothing at all on account of the smoke, and it was getting thicker all the time. We could feel nothing and I followed Will as he went alonff the haH and down the stairs to the next floor.. I had to stop there to hold my breath. I seemed to be bursting. The smoke was not as if it was just one thick fog like, but it seemed to couie in puffs or rolls and was getting hotter and hotter. We went on that way very slowly to the, second floor. Below the hall was the flames, but I saw Will creeping down the stairs, it seemed to me through a wall of llauio. I tried to follow, too, but I could not. The flames played ail around the bannister to which I held and in a moment tha skin began to peel off my hand. In a siornent Will came and 1 heard him say; . 'I can't find him, I can't find him.' When we got back to the roof it was crowded with pesple from all the houses in the block. Will's clothes were on tiro and be could not see. I led him down into tke next house, where we found mother. , jBother did not seem to know us. She sat. there rocking backward and forward arid wringing her hands and moaning. Tbefl we got down into the street and the doctor put us in the ambulance." -. ' ; The officer who arrested Snyder states that iOne of the most auspicious circumstances connected with: the'-. origin of the lire was the fact that when he ax-rested the proprietor of the restaurant at the corner of Twenty-seventh street tne latter had his policy of $1000 insurance on hi place in his pocket, although is.ed; ,he hail not been able to save even tha cash in the, money drawer. The policy would have expired September 24. : John Snyder, the owner of the restaurant on Seventh avenue, where the fatal fire , occurred this morning, and William Brooks, his colored cook, who were arrested oh suspicion of firing the place, ;were arraigned before the coroner this evening. Snyder was committed to the Tombs without bail, and Brooks was sent to the house of detention as a witness. .The police say they have a good case. The body of the unknown woman burned to death at the fire this morning on Seventh avenue was identified tonight as that of Annie Lyons, a domestic out of employment, who lived with Mrs. Jelfreys, one of the victims of the disaster. CLOSING UP THE WORK Of Constitntion Baking in the New State of Washington The Political Outlook There. Olympia, Aug. 19. The convention today, by a vote of 35 yeas and 34 nays, defeated the article on state school and granted lands. Eeveral efforts were then made to introduce a substitute for the defeated article, but were all voted down, and the committee on land was ordered to report a new article. This will delay the adjournment several days if not longer. Tbe convention adopted a seal, a vignette of Washington, with the words "Seal of Washington, 1SS9." The article defining state boundaries was also adopted after some discussion over the boundary along the.Columbia river. The northern boundary of Oregon is described in an enabling act of that state as running to the north channel of the Columbia river. There is said to be no north channel now, so the words were changed to "main channel." About noon papers from Seattle arrived with news that the Haynes and Squire factious for the United States Senate had broken out in a bitter fight, and President Hoyt of the convention was spoken of as a candidate for United States senator. He left at once for Seattle, and great consternation was created among the Republicans, who fear that these factional fights are endangering their supremacy in the state. TO G. A. K. ENCAMPMENT. George H. Thomas Post Will Co in a Body to Milwaukee. Chicago, Aug. 19. It has been agreed by the comrades of George II. Thomas Post No. 5 of Detroit to visit the national encampment at Milwaukee -in a body as an organization. They will go by water. This action is sanctioned by the department commanders of Illinois and Iowa, who indorse going by the lake. The fare for the round trip is -$2 from Chicago to Milwaukee and return. The steamer John A. Dix and others wiil leave Chicago Monday, August 26, at-9 p.m. George H. Thomas Post No. 5 will attend in full uniform and full force, with thesyeteran life and drum corps, and in the parade at Milwaukee will occupy the right of the line. The department commander and his stalf will be escorted by George II. Thomas Post No. 5 of Chicago. A GOOD SUGGESTION For Belief of Future Sufferers by Fire and Flood. Philadelphia, Aug. 19. A special meeting of the executive committee of the Universal Peace union was held here today, at which was adopted an address to the people of the United States suggesting the creation of a national relief fund to be applied for relieving distress caused by flood or fire, pestilence or famine, cyclones or earthquakes, or any similar catastrophe. It is suggested that any money remaining of the Johnstown fund after all distress has been relieved be used as the nucleus for the reception of any donations or legacies that may be bequeat'l el f r this specific obiec. It is proposed that the board of trustees be composed of the Governors of the several siates, the chairman thereof ts be the President of the United States. .. . TO THE QUEEN CITY. President Harrison and His Party Will Visit Cincinnati Tomorrow Morning:, Holding: a Eeception at Gibson House and Afterward Inspecting: Kew Chamber Commerce. How His Excellency Spent Yesterday at Deer Park. Deeh Park, SId., Aug. 19. President Harrison has somewhat changed the plan of his trip West, and will stop in Cincinnati before instead of after his visit to Indianapolis. The sub-committee of the Cincinnati chamber of commerce waited upon the President this noon, and he promised to attend the reception to be given on Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. in the new Chamber of Commerce building and to - pay a short call at the builders' exchange. President Harrison will be at the Gibson house in the morning and receive callers from 9 to 11. The President will leave here Tuesday night and arrive in Cincinnati at 7 Wednesday morning, and take a special train at about 4 p. in.' lor Indianapolis. Accompanying the PHesident will be Secretary Rusk. United States Marshal District of Columbia Ransdell and Private Secretary Hal-ford. The committee which waited on the President consisted of Theodore Cook, Joseph K. Brown; Q. L. Perine, L. R. Keck, B. H. Cox and J. M. Blair. They are highly elated at the success of their mission. President Harrison spent the morning considering' a few appointments of postmasters in Indiana, and in examining the papers in the case of Linden S. Clarke, sentenced to five years in the Virginia penitentiary for making false entries on the books of the First National bank of Richmond, Ya. After mature deliberation the President decided, in view of several extenuating circumstances in the case, to 1 commute the sentence to three years' con- linemeni. General George Crook, XT. 8. A., with Lieutenant L. W. V. Kennon of his staff came over from Oakland and called at the Spencer cottage to discuss Sioux matters. At 4 in the afternoon President Harrison and Attorney General Miller went driving. The News at Cincinnati. CisciusATr, Aug. 19. Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell rushed up the steps of the rostrum at the chamber of commerce today with more than his wonted activity with a telecram in his hand. There was a hasty gathering about and the colonel then said : "Gentlemen of the chamber of commerce, I have just received the following dispatch from Mr. J: R. Browa and the members of the Cincinnati committee who went, to Deer Park to mvita the President to Cincinnati." He then read the following-, .. . . : Tkeb Pawc, August 19, 1889. Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce: The President and secretary will reach Cincinnati on Wednesday morninfir, visit the chamber of commerce and spend the day, leaving for Indianapolis in the evening.MRa HAYBRigg CASE. , Legal Proceedings to Protect the Eights of Her Children Sev. Spurgeon's Attitude in Her Favor. LorjieviM-E, Aug. 19. The attorneys of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, now under sentence of death at Liverpool for the murder of her husband, James Maybrick, today filed suit in tbe federal court here for the appointment of trustees for her large estate in mountain lands in Breathitt, Pike and neighboring counties in this state. The property was left her by her grandfather, llarius Blake Holbrook of New York. She is joined in the suit by her stepfather. Baron von Boque, who acts for her mother. The rights of Mrs. May-brick's children, both under 10 years, are also reviewed and protection is sought for them. Tbe suit is friendly and its object is to secure relief from the necessity of giving security as trustees for W. H. Gardiner and Hamilton Bradshaw of New York and Eev. John Ingraham of Missouri, who are trustees for Mrs. Maybrick's properly elsewhere in America. They decline to serve for the Kentucky property if required to give security. Want More Evidence. London, Aug. 19. Home Secretary Matthews is awai ting further medical reports before coming to a decision in tbe Maybrick case. The reports will be submitted tomorrow. Tbe parliamentary petition in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick has" been signed by ninety-one members of the House of Commons. Spnrgeon Will SI En. London, Aug. 19. Rev. Dr. Spurgeon writes to the newspapers today that he will sign a petition for the release of Mrs. Maybrick, and will commend to his congregation the advisability of following his example. THE ORDER OF FORESTERS. Sleeting; of Knights of Sherwood Branch of That Organization. Minneapolis, Aug. 19. The supreme conclave of the Knights of Sherwood Foresters is in session at Elks' hall today. There are about fifty delegates present, the different portions of tbe country being represented. Among the officers present are Supreme Commander Pierce of Khode Island, K. B. Hannon of Sacramento, Cala., inspector general; J.H.Jackson, supreme adjutant. Providence, K. I., and Paymaster Brown of New York. The principal business was tbe changing of rules to -conform to the new constitution auopted by tbe Ancient Order of Foresters, of which th Knights are a branch. The conventon elected the following officers this afternoon : K. B. Hannon, California, commander; Adam Brown, New York, vice commander; O. K. Cronkite, California, adjutant; Charles P. Baxter. Ehode Island, paymaster. They adjourned late this afternoon. THE GLASS-WORKERS. Nothing in Talk of Proposed Combination.Pittsbceg, Aug. 19. "The talk about a combination of glass-workers b ing formed is all bosh," remarked W. J. Smith, president of the Fiintglass-workers' union, this afternoon. "Tbe green bottle-blowers have a strike on tbeir hands in the East. On Saturday representatives of our association met with their representatives to take steps toward assisting them in this strike. The windowglass-workers were not invited, neither were any of the K. of L. officials. Our moldinakers will reiuse to make molds to be used in non-union bottle houses, and in every way that we can we will assist the green bottle-blowers. There never has been any move made toward effecting an organization of all the glass-workers' unions." WORKMEN TO BE WITHDRAWN Because the Johnstown Funds Are Abont All Gone. Johnstown, Pa.. Aug. 19. It is now stated upon what is cousidered good authority that about all the money has been Sjuviit that had been guaranteed to Gov ernor Beaver for the prosecution of the state work here. Such being the case, it is said that in a few days the state force will be withdrawn and Johnstown will then be left to shift for itself. The people are very much alarmed about the matter, as it is evident that if the workmen are withdrawn now very serious consequences may ensue. Two more dead bodies were" taken out of cellars today. Neither of them were recognized. One was a man and the other a small child. , Police officials have been scouring the country for the past few weeks notitying people who carried oif things from the debris to return them. As a consequence many valuables are returned daily and find their way to the owners. Tbose'who do not return goods in their possession will be prosecuted. . - A SOUTHERN BLATHERSKITE. Hot-Headed Editorial from a Selma, Ala. Paper. - Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 19. An article in an independent paper at Selma, Ala., edited by a colored preacher named Bryan, has created a stir in Alabama. An editorial in the last issue abused the whites for various injustices against the colored race and concluded as follows: "Were you (the whites to leave this Southland in twenty years it would be one of the grandest sections of the globe. We would show you mossback crackers how to run a country. You would never see con-victs half starved, depriving honest work-iugmen of an honest living. It is only a matter of time when, throughout this whole state affairs will be changed, and I hope to your sorrow. We were never destined always to be servants, but like all other races wiil and must have our day;you now have yours. You have pedict-ed at" no very distant day we will have our race war, ana we hope, as God intends, that we will be strong enough to wipe you out of existence and hardly leave enough of you to tell the story. It is bound to come, and just such hot-headed cranks as the editors of some of our Democratic journals are just the right set to hasten it. It is fate." The whites in Selma are taking steps to prevent Rev. Mr. Bryan, who is now absent from the city, from ever coming, back. The executive committee of the White Kepublicans' Protective Tariff League, with headquarters at Birmingham, met here today and passed a resolution denouncing tbe editorial as incendiary and dangerous and tendering their moral, and if necessary their physical aid to stop such utterances. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER Is Surprised at the Arrest of Associate Justice Field; Pittsbcbo, Pa., Aug. 19. Chief Justice Fuller passed through Pittsburg on tbe "Limited" last night from Cresson Springs, Pa., where be left his two daughters, on his way to Chicago. When asked about the killing of ex-Judge Terry he said : "I had heard that Terry had uttered threats against Justice Field, but I did not know of them personally. I was surprised when I heard that Jnstice Field had been arrested. I can'not see what he had to do with the murder any more than any other spectator. Judge Sawyer has issued a habeas corpus and Justice Field will no doubt be released." Tbe chief justice said Justice Field was a man not to be deterred by threats but would do his duty under all circumstances. ": ' -' GOT TfTS) IGK. --' Jim Smith, Detroit Crook, Hit by a Ballet. ' Detroit, Aug. 19. Pedestrians on Fort street were startled this afternoon when a policeman with a smoking revolver in his hand hove in sight in full chase after a fugitive. Several shots were fired before the runaway was brought to a standstill. lie proved to be Jim Smith, a well-known Detroit crook. He is wanted for participation in several shady affairs. Officer Wat-kins came upon hiin unexpectedly today and attempted to arrest him. Smith eluded his grasp, however, and attempted to escape. When captured it was found that he. had been hit in the small of the back by one of tbe balls, it passing through his body, injuring vital parts. His recovery is doubtful. A FATAL MISTAKE. A Tonng Man Prepares a Death Trap for Himself. Wilkesbabke, Pa., Aug. 19. Frank Sorenson was fatally injured at Nanticcke, seven miles from this city, this morning by a trap which he had arranged to kill thieves. Someone had been stealing pigeons from the barn. Being unable to detect the thieves be loaded a revolver on Saturday, suspended it from a beam with tbe muzzle toward the door, and attached a line so that the opening of 1 be door would cause the revolver to explode. He was himself tbe first to try the trap and the bullet entered bis body just below the heart. Sorenson was 30 years old and married. He is stiii alive, but with no possible chance for recovery. TEXAS FEVER SCARE. A Claim That Cattle Have Died of It in St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 19. An evening paper says that the Texas cattle fever has made its appearance in St. Louis, and that there appears to be a conspiracy to prevent the discovery of tbe fact. Some time ago a number of cattle from Texas became affected in the pens here and thirty-five died from the fever. Since then a number of milch cows in that vicinity have died from the fever, and there is some alarm as to the city's milk supply. Health Commissioner Dudley denies the existence of the fever, while the dairy inspector does not credit it. Cattlemen, however, claim the disease from which the animals died was Texas fever, pure and simple. lURSCEO BY BLOODHOUNDS. Daring Attempt of Convicts to Escape Over the Stockade. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 19. Forty con-; victs, located on the brick-yard on the outskirts of this city, entered into a conspiracy Saturday to make their escape. Only three of the number were nervy enough to successfully carry out their plans. During the excitement of the "quitting" hour Saturday afternoon these three (white men. convicted of horse-stealing) made a bolt for liberty, jumping the stockade fence in their flight. They were tired upon without effect, but with the aid of bloodhounds two were captured in the near vicinity and the other near Hot Springs and brought back here. THE STRIKE IS OVER. Men Go Back to Work at the Old Waeos. FiTTfiBURG, Aug. 19. The strike at the Carrie furnace has been settled, the deputy sheriffs have been withdrawn and furnace No. 1 is now in operation with a full quota of men. Furnace No. 2 will be in blast by Friday or Saturday of this week. The men go back at the old rate of wages, but they have hopes of getting matters arranged more to their satisfaction in a short time. A week or ten days ago the superintendent oll'ered the men at furnace No. 2 an advance of 10 per cent. This was refused and afterward withdrawn by tbe lirtu. More men applied for work today than were needed. A SPLENDID CHARITY George W. Childs Makes An Official Statement Concerning: Drexel Industrial Institution. A Noble Gift' for the Betterment of the Young Men and Women of the Quaker Cit3 An Enterprise Involving the Use of a Million and a Half. THtLADELrniA, Aug. 19. The Public Ledger tomorrow will say editorially : "In order to correct erroneous impressions about the Drexel Industrial institution, which it was intended to establish at Wayne (near Philadelphia) it is thought advisable to make a brief statement, giving the original purpose as it existed in Mr. A. J. Drexei's mind, with a review of the circumstances which have modified and enlarged tha t purpose. His first thought was that as quite a number of institutions had been founded for the industrial training of boys, and but few. if any, exclusively for girls, that he would establish an industrial college for girls in which they should be instructed and trained in such a way as to help them to employment and occupations in which they could earn a liberal living. Accommodations and facilitities for housing, boarding and training about 200 girls were to be furnished, and to this end land and buildings were purchased at Wayne, and architectural plans were prepared by competent architects. "In addition to the girls who were to be thus boarded and instructed, it was thought that the contemplated institution might accommodate about 400 or 600 more girls who could get to school during the day, get their luncheon there and get back to their own homes in the evening. After more mature deliberation it was found that this scheme had several drawbacks, the chief of which was the withdrawal of the girls from home influence. There were other strong considerations, but that was the principal one. together with the belief that tho sphere of usefulness of such an institution might be very greatly enlarged by the adoption of another plan, abandoning tbe idea of boarding the girls and establishing the institute within tbe city limits. "It is now the purpose of Mr. Drexel to provide funds to purchase land and construct buildings, and for the maintenance of a full corps of instructors for an industrial institute for young women and young men that will - accommodate tor their instruction and training as many as a thousand girls in the daytime and a thousand boys at night. "The facilities and instructions to be provided for this school are to be free of any and all cost to its students forever that is, so far as the provision of ample funds and business toresight can assure. The working operations of the college will probably be somewhat similar to those of tbe Cooper institute in New York. A large lecture hall, capable of seating at least 2000 persons, and an extensive reading-room provided with all the useful technical and other books and appropriate periodicals and newspapers of the day, will be features of the plan. "To tb,e Ledger (which publishes the foregoing by authority) it appears that this modified and greatly enlarged scheme is much preferable to the original design not only because it will freely open the doors of the Drexel institution to so many more students, but because the administration of it will be simpler and much mora manageable. It will of course cost a much larger amount of monev, as an annual income of from $40,000 to '$50,000 may bo required for the college in addition to the cost of the land and buildings. In all, Mr. Drexel expects the foundation, lands and buildings and endowment of the institution may cost $1,600,000." THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY. Preparations for Its Centennial Anniversary.Baltimore, Aug. 19. The answers to the invitations to the centennial of tbe Catholic hierarchy, to be held in Baltimore November 10 and succeeding days, indicate a very large attendance. Fully fifty of tbe bishops of the United States will be present. Cardinal Taschereau, archbishop ol Quebec, has sent an acceptance. A feature of tbe occasion will be the Srobable attendance of a delegation from .ome. headed by a prelate holding high rank in the propaganda. A delegation of distinguished laymen from the Paoiticslope have already sent a request that seats be reserved. OVER THE FALLS. Two Girls Drowned, but Their Escort Saved. Philadelphia, Aug. 19. A special from Easton says! Charles Keller of Philadelphia, at present a bartender at Lambet-ville, N. J., accompanied by Mamie and Winnie Colligan, aged 17 and 20 respectively, went out boat riding at that place last evening, and at 9 o'clock tbe boat and its occupants were carried over the falls. The boat capsized and the girls were drowned. Keller was found a mile below the fulls clinging to the boat and was rescued. No Compromise Probable. Springfield, III., Aug. 19. The miners' delegates to the Chicago arbitration meeting returned Saturday evening, and yesterday afternoon the miners assembled in mass meeting to hear their report. The miners will stand by their resolution, adopted a few weeks ago, not to go to work at anything less than last year's prices, with tbe same rules and regulations worked under last year. No compromise will they accept. They are stubborn and determined to fight the battle out to tbe bitter end. A Mexican Editor Remembered. ' Chicago, Aug. 19. A private letter from Mexico just received states that Hon. Augu.itin Arroyo de Anda has been chosen president of the Congress of that country, by virtue pi m hich of bee be becomes vice president of tbe ro public Mr. de Anda will be remembered by many editors and others in this country as the most prominent member of the Mexican editorial party which made a tour of the United States in Professor Porter's Promotion. St. Paul, Aug. 19. Proiessor Edward D. Porter, for nine vears past proiessor of agriculture in the University of Mimu-noia and the director of the state agricultural experiment station at St. Anthony Park, Minn., since its organization, has been unanimously elected dean of tho College of Agriculture of Missouri and director ol its experiment station. Professor Porter lins accepted the positions and will enter upon his duties at an early day. American liar Association. CniCAo, Aug. 19. The annual meeting of the American itar association wiil be held in this city on the 28th. 2!)th and Win insts. Aside from the routine business ituu social matters connected wiih .it, there will be an address by David Dudley Field of New York, president, and papers by Henry 15. Hrowu of Michigan and Walter 11. 11 ill of Ueorgia. tbe Mills Knnnlui:. Provipemk, R. I.. Aufr. 19. The Riverside mills are running briskly today, although the sixty wool-sorters have not returned. Tha help whose . waees were one week overdue were paid iti full today, the mt fooiius u JiijOuO. '

VOL. L. NO. 199. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1889, ESTABLISHED 1811. DRAWING COLOR LINE Virginia Candidates for Office Nominated On Account of Enmity to the Segroes. General Mahone Will Likely Lead Eepubliean Hosts to Victory in Gubernatorial Fight. The New Cruiser Baltimore Odds ' and Ends of Capital News. - WASHrsGTojr. Aug. 19. (Special. The Democratic convention at Richmond, Ya., last week sent forth no uncertain sound on quite different from their Ohio brethren, who are always engaged in some scheme to induce tne colored voters to neip out , their ticket. There was not a colored man i it t- f' 1 cti null u an uui.ijg vu, vu . - . u three days' session at Richmond and the party managers did not attempt to disguise the fact that none of them were wanted. The orators all denounced negro suffrage and 'clamored for a white man's government. The , candidates all tried to make capital on this one question and McKinney's success is due to ' the fact ' that he outbid his competitors in the line of denunciation of the colored citizens of the State of Virginia and gave them to understand that in the case of his elevation to the Governor's office he would employ every means to deprive the colored people of their constitutional rights. McKinney, the Democratic nominee lor Governor, comes from the black belt and is regarded as one of the most effective bulldozers in the whole state. His nomination is in recognition of his services in organizing and carrying out . plans to prevent the colored voters of his section of the state from casting and having counted their votes. The other candidates were head and shoulders above him in ability and intelligence, bat McKinney demanded his reward for his brutal political methods, and the Democratic managers were afraid to reiuse the demand. , Yet these very same men have the ef-frontry to claim that the colored people in the black belt vote the Democratic ticket in large numbers. Another feature of the convention was the fact that allot the candidates were eulogized for the part they took in the rebellion, and a candidate without a Confederate war' record would have stood not the leaf t show in the convention. General Rosser, the irrepressible fire-eater, was present and in a five minutes' speech declared he would rather meet his Democratic friends with their gray uniforms on and with their sabers at their sides. He t longht they could accomplish more in this manner than by the present system of conducting campaigns. Congressman O'rerrall, one of the defeated candidates for Governor, made a very bitter speech and poured out his hatred for the colored race in a manner which won for him the greatest bourbon admiration. He said men of Caucasian blood would never submit to the domination of tbeAfncau. . Another of his sentences was "God never intended that the graves of Lee and Jackson should be scorched by the heat of radical malice or nipped by the frost of radical hate." This- sentiment! was veeiferougly cheered.- Henry K.Poi--iard, one of the defeated candidates for attorney general, also devoted some attention to the race question during his postmortem effort in behalf of the successful candidate. He said, among other bitter thines: "Africa has no more right, to uominate the South than Asia has to dominate California, or the anarchists and en" -"mists have to dominate the New In 1 nd states." i. ..tun be admitted that there is a refreshing frankness in the actions and utterances of the Virginia Democrats, which their Ohio brethren might do well to imitate. They make no attempt to conceal their haired for the colored people, and declare that it is not their intention to wllow them to exercise their political rights to long : as there is any way to prevent it. . The Republican state convention will be held at Norfolk this week, and the event is looked forward to with much interest. The friends of General Mahone - will predominate by a large majority, and the general will b urged to accept the nomination for Governor. If he does, he will give the Democrats a lively shaking up, and his chances for election will depend on how much assistance he-receives from the Republicans of the Northern states. The Spell-binders are -arranging to send speak ers k me state, anu it is tne present intention of the Republican national com- xuittee to lend snbstAnti&l flSgintAnnA. Important Pension Ruling;. "Washington, Aug. 19. Assistant Secretary Bussey has rendered an important decision on the pension claim of Daniel B. Kaufman, late of company A, Forty-eighth legiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, which was brought before him on a motiou for 'reconsideration In his decision the assistant secretary rescinds rule No. 135, made by Commissioner Black September 4, 15-35, and overrules the opinion ofex-Assistant Secretary Hawkins in the same case, that a "dishonorable discharge" from the service operates as ."bar to pension," He also holds that rule No. 135 was an erroneous interpretation of , the statutes granting pensions to the soldiers of the late war for disabilities incurred in the line of duur,and declares that the character of a soldier's discbarge can not affect his claim for pension on- ac- . . . f n .I, A Kii:.; .... I T 1 U. .L.l tuuiti ui Butu uisau.iiues. tic uuius kUUb a "dishonorable discharge" is a penalty for specific offense against the service, for which the soldier may be punished, but that the penalty can not. include. a claim for pension based upon disability. The two things are held to be wbodv distinct from each other and are not governed by t ie same legal considerations. - The opinion fully discusses the history of 'the pension system and the practice of tiie department, from the organization o: that system, in support of the present ruling. The decision rendered byex-Secretary Delano in the case of Colonel Roy, June 9, 1875, is quoted to the effect that "There is no statute which in terms imposes upon a dishonerabiy discharged soldier of the late rebellion a disability to receive a pension, provided he be disabled by - disease contracted, or wounds received while in line of duty as a soldier. The act of July 4. Ib2, grants a pension to any officer of the army who, since July 4, 1J61, was disabled while in the service and in line of duty. Neither act nor any subsequent act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto contains . any provision whatever by which a pension is denied to a disabled soldier of the war of 1861 because he was dishonorably discharged. The allowance and payment-of pension to such a soldier is conditioned alone upon proof of disability incui rei in the service and line of duty." The assistant secretary holds that for - the department to impose on a soldier the forfeiture of the right to even claim peu- ' sion because of a dishonorable discharge which may have been intiicted by court-martial for an offense of which tli court had jurisdiction, would be equivalent to punishing the soldier twice for the tame offense. In this view he is sustained by a decision of the late judge advocate general. Hon. Joseph Holt. The opinion re-establisbes the ruling of the department which prevailed through all adminis- ' trations antedating the issuance of rule ' No. 135 by General Black. Civil-Service Examinations.' . Washington, Aug. 10. Civil-service ex- ' animations for Applicants for the railway - mail service will be held iu a number of ' cities on the first Tuesday in September fcAa'U0cr i, Isc'J. iue nuuiber of appli cants from the states and territories named has been wholly inadequate to meet the demands of the service and there are at present no names on the registers of eligibies of some of said states and territories and very few on the registers of the others, while there are vacancies awaiting to be filled. A few blank applications will be sent to the postmaster of each place named- and may be obtained from him on personal or written request. Any person desiring to take an examination "should see to it that the application and accompanying certificates are filled up and forwarded to the commission on the earliest date possible. The applicant must be a citizen of the United States, not under 18 or over 35 years of age. Candidates for examination must report to the postmaster or' to the board of examiners at the place named for the examination, promptly at 9 a. m. orTthe day fixed: Tucson, Ariz. ; San Francisco. Sacramento, Los Angeles, Cala. ; Denver, Pueblo. Col. ; Boise Citv, Tdano; Spokane Falls,-Seattle, W. T.-t Miles Citv, Helena. Mont. ; Carson City, Nev. ; Albuquerque, N. M. ; Portland, Roseburg, Ore.; bait Lake City, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyo. They Want Dr. Porter. Washington, Aug. 19. An effort is mal. ing on the part of some of the people in Florida to secure the revocation of an order for Surgeon Porter to proceed to Jacksonville barracks. Dr. Porter on account of ill health is not held to active service and is now awaiting orders, a board having fouud him incapacitated by reason of heart trouble. He is state health officer of Florida and the people there have great confidence in his ability to deal with any threatened epidemic of yellow fever. They . are especially desirous that he should not be removed at this time, as he has had entire charge of the precautionary measures taken to prevent a reappearance of the yellow fever this season. Mr. Goodrich, who was one of the Republican candidates for Congress from Florida in the last election, came on here to present the matter to the department, and it is said has obtained assurance from Secretary Proctor that Porter will not be removed. It is rumored that Surgeon Sternburger, who is in Cuba, might be detailed to proceed to Louisiana in place of Porter. ' Colonel Tom Marshall Looking After His Chsneei. Washington, Aug. 19. Special. T. K. Marshall of Columbus is in the city looking after his chances for obtaining the House restaurant. The coveted privilege is now held by Ernest LeMour, a French caterer, who has quite a reputation in this city. After the adjournment of Congress Don-nelsen, who was given the place after he lost the position of door-keeper, turned the privilege over to LeMour for a consideration, the latter agreeingtotake his chances of holding on to the prize. Marshall is hard at work, and it remains to be seen whether or not he will succeed in ousting the Frenchman. The privilege is at the disposal of the committee on public buildings and grounds, and that will be appointed by the new speaker of the House. So it will be seen that the restaurant privilege will depend largely on the selection of a speaker. There are anumber of applicants for the place, and it is not yet sure that Marshall will be successful if the committee should decide to make a change. , New Postmasters at Dayton and Wash-... ington C. II. Washington, Aug. 19. Special. Before leaving for Deer -Park President ILar-rison appointed a number of postmasters, and among them were Lewis J Judson at Dayton and O. D. Smith at Washington C. II. The appointment of Judson , was predicted in these dispatches last week, and the reasons for the change in the Dayton office given at length. - .. - : : -t . The appointment of Smith at Washington C. H. is to take the place of Lloyd VY . Buckmaster, who declined the office. Husband and Wife May be Separated. Washington, Aug. 19. In answer to an inquiry from a Galveston man the Treasury department has decided that the wife of a Chinese merchant, who may himself be entitled to exemption from the provisions of the Chinese restriction acts by reason of his residence in the United States, can not be admitted to the United Stages when coming for the first time alone or with a returning husband otherwise than upon the production of the certificate re-auired by conditions of the act of July 5, l'sal. : . - . Good Report of the Raltimore. Washington, Aug. 19. Captain Schley, who will command the new cruiser Baltimore, is in the city, and expressed himself as well pleased with the performance of the ship. She made the run from Cape Hen-lopen to Cramp's wharf, Philadelphia,: in less than six hours, against a strong tide. Captain Schley says he would not be surprised if the vessel, when in perfect order, succeeds in exceeding by 1000 horse-power the 9000 required by the contract. Verdict in General West's Case. Washington, Aug. 19. The coroner's jury in the case of General Theodore S. West, who died a few days ago at Asbury Park, today rendered a verdict that-the dead man came to bis death from bright' s disease, and that death was not in any wise due to an assault made by a treasury clerk named Steriing Rutfin. Several physicians testified that General West had a very bad case of kidney disease, and also that his heart and liver were affected. -.. Death of an OTd Consul. Washington, Aug. 19. The State department today received a cablegram from the United States vice consul at Porto Rico announcing the death last night of Consul Edward Conroy. He was the oldest of United States consuls, and in length of service was tba junior of but one man, the consul at Gibraltar. He was appointed consul at San Juan, Porto Eico, in 1869, and was fully 80 years old. Off on a Trip. Washington, Aug.' 19. Secretary Win-dom left Washington today on three weeks' vacation. He will reach New York tonight, take a trip up the sound tomorrow, and spend some time in driving about New England, stopping for a few days with Mrs. Windoru at her old home in Newton, Mass. Meanwhile Assistant Secretary Batcheller will act as secretary of the treasury. The Flag Must Fly. ' Washington, Aug. 19. Acting Secretary Batcheller today issued a circular to custodians of buildings under control of the Treasury department requiring them to keep hoisted the United States flag during business hours, except in stormy weather. The revenue flag will continue to fly over custom-houses at present. Off for the West. ' Washington, Aug. 19. Secretary Rusk will leave here tomorrow for Deer Park, and will accompany the President to Cincinnati and Indianapolis. From Indian-opolis he will go to Milwaukee, where he will attend the forthcoming encampment. He will be absent from Washington three weeks. Bond Offerings. Washington, Aug. 19. The secretary of the treasury this afternoon accepted the following offers of bonds: $600 4 per cents registered at 128, $90,000 4 per cents registered at luG, am. $50,000 same at V.MJ4 ; $3,000,000 4 per cents registered were Ottered at 129, but were not accepted. Cadiz Pension Board. Washington, Aug. 19. Special. Commissioner 6f Pensions Tanner has appointed the following board of pension examiners at Cadiz: Richard P. Scott, Samuel G. Mc-Garran, J. A. McUrew. Storekeepers and Gangers. Washington, Aug. 19. The following appointments have been made: J. J. Winsted, storekeeper . and ganger ia Fifth Continued on second page. ANEW Y0KK H0KK0R Nine Persons Suffocated in the Burning of An Overcrowded Tenement Building. Poor Arrangements of the Police for Eescue of the People and Their Fatal Results. Harrowing Tales of Endeavoring to Escape from the Flames. New York, Aug. 19. Early this morning a fire broke out in the kitchen of the restaurant on the store floor 6f the five-story tenement at 305 Seventh avenue. Nine of the sixty-odd occupants of the house lost their lives, and it is a great wonder that many more did not perish. DEAD. William Glennon, 60 years, burned to death. - Nellie McGeoghan, 20 years, smothered. Mary Wells, 31 years, smothered. Jane Wells, 4 years, smothered. Thomas Wells. 2 years, smothered. Bertha Lustig. 40 years, burned to death. William AicK.ee, 47 years, burned to death. Jane Jeffrey, 65 years, smothered. Unknown woman, 45 years, smothered. . : : INJURED. William Glennon, 18, badly burned. John Glennon. badly burned and injured. The building was occupied by thirteen families, who are rendered temporarily homeless by the fire. The flames did not do very much damage in the various apartments, but burned out their strength in the hallways. The pecuniary loss will not amount to more than $10,000. The fire originated in the rear of John Snyder's restaurant at an hour when all the people in the house were sleeping soundly. Just bow the fire started is as yet a mystery, but as the restaurant's cook'is missing it is fair to presume that an accident occurred while he was making a fire in the big range. The awful speed with which the flames swept up through the building suggests the use of kerosene by the careless cook. The door leading from the kitchen into the hallway was found open and the great volume of flame rolled out into the passage and swept up the stairway so rapidly that families living on the first floor must inevitably have perished without even so much as a warning, but it so happened that the rooms directly over the restaurant were unoccupied on account of the heat, which seemed to sift through the flooring from the mammoth range underneath. Less than half a block away, on the corner of Twenty-eighth street and the avenue, were Policemen Warnes and McCullagh of the Thirtieth Street station. They received a warning from a cry of pain, which came from the building, and looking in the direction from whence it came saw a wall of fire beating against the front windows of the restaurant. By the time that a realizing sense of what - the trouble was broke over them; a forked tongue 'of aflame shot out from the roof and lighted up the neighborhood. With their clubs the two officers beat in thfc front door, but a spiteful blaze shot out and warned tbem back. They tried tba next door, and in that way found ' an entrance. There was no sign of life in the building, and the officers hurried from one door to another to arouse the inmates. Murniurinira at first were heard, then a buzz of many voices, which finally changed into a wail of terror and agony from men, women and children struggling for their lives in the death trap. Fire escapes leading from the burning building to the yet untouched tenement next, were soon filled with half naked people, Irantic to reach the street. In the meantime the fire department arrived and had begun to work on the flames and were assisting iu rescuing ths frightened inmates.The flames were extinguished easily enough by the firemen, and the people on the tire escapes were all landed safely. Not one person escaped down the stairway, and the names of the few who tried it are found in the list of the dead printed above. The search for the dead was begun as soon as possible. The first body found was thatof old William Glennon. The remains were discovered by the side of the bed in his room on the second floor. He had risen to fly with his sons, but his old legs were not nimble enough and he perished. The boys were taken to the hospital. They were badly burned on the feet, caused by walking on the hot iron bars of the fire escape. In the rooms of the Wells family was a sight which can not easily be forgotten. On the middle of the floor knelt the mother, Mary Wells, and in her dead embrace were her children, Jane and Thomasl They had been smothered, mercifully enough, and not a burn or blister defaced the pallor of tbeir countenances. The nine dead bodies were placed in ambulances and taken to the Thirtieth Street station, and later Coroner Hauley gave permits to friends who claimed the remains. . ' ' , Snyder, the keeper of the restaurant in which the fire broke out, has been arrested on suspicion of being responsible for its origin. A policy of insurance for $1000 on his stock was found in his possession, and one of his employes states that he found fat scattered over the floor of the restaurant.One of the most notable incidents of the fire was the gallant efforts of Ambulance Surgeon Schaeffer of the New York hospital. When he arrived on the scene all chance of any one escaping by the stairway was cut oif. as it was burning fiercely and the halls were filled with smoke. On hearing that Nellie McGeoghan. aged 20. had been cut olf from escaping in the top story, he boldly mounted the ladders and got into the fifth story by smashing a window. By this --time the crowd on the street was enormous. Men, women and children held their, breath in awe for several seconds that seemed minutes. At last the doctor was seen again at the window, carrying something that in the early morning light looked like a big bundle of clothes. It was Nellie Mc-Geoghan's form. He had found her almost smothered lying on her bed. Slowly with his heavy burden he descended the ladder and bore the girl to Laveny'n liquor store on the corner of Twenty-seventh street and Seventh avenue. When he attempted to revive her he found that she had perished in his arms. "There was some terrible bungling work by the police at the lire," said Dr. Schaeffer when seen subsequently at the hospital. "Why. I was the only doctor on the scene and mine was the only ambulance, and it was only luck that I got there at all. We only received a common hurry call to the Thirtieth Street police station, and when I got there I found the body of an old man, William Glennon. He had been suffocated, and after getting his name I jumped into the ambulance to ride to the hospital. Not a word had been said about any of the others. Out of curiosity alone I told the driver to drive around to Seventh avenue. When we got to the house 1 stopped the ambulance and got out and stood for a moment talking to the policemen and firemen. 'Are there any others burned'' I asked. 'Yes,' replied one of them ; 'there are somepeo- file up stairs.' 'Where are they?' I asked, ie could not tell, except that they were up stairs. I went up stairs and in one room found four bodies and in another three bodies. They had been suffocated, but from the look of them and from the feel of the flesh I am sure that some of them could have been saved if a general call for ambulances bad been - sent out with the lire alarm. There has been a great blunder on the part of some one, although ait there was for me to do was to send the Glennon boys to the hospital and then carry the dead to the station-house. Young Glennon will be all right in a few days but his brother William may die." John Glennon tells this story: "I don't know," said he, "how I first knew it was a fire. I smelled smoke and the air in my room seemed oppressive. '- But I often smell smoke from the restaurant on the street, and so at first paid no attention to it. I soon saw that the smoke was thicker than usual, and to see what it was I got out of bed, drawing on ' my trousers as I did so. As I set for a second on the edge of the bed a sheet of flame soared up past 1 e window and I jumped to my leet, yelling "Fire!' as, lond as I could. The first yell '; seemed to choke me, as it sounded to me like a whisper. The next was as loud as I could possibly shout, and it woke my brother and mother. We ran to the front window to get out on the fire escape. We could not see it for the flames, tight up past the windows the flames seemed to stand like a wall of some bright metal, and through the shutters of one window little tongues of iianie come through the slats. Will went to open the window, but before he could gee there the - shutters were all ablaze. Father was asleep, but Will woke him and we all went to the hall door. Mother did not seem to want to go. She hung back and at last Will and I took her by each arm and Will opened the door. The hail was full of smcke. It rolled and twisted right before our faces, and then we started through it for the stairs. "You see," turning his face while the tears were coursing down, "we could see there was no chance to- get down. The flames were roaring uponlyafew feet away from us. As we started "out of the room Will called to father to come, and suppo. ing he was with us we started up. How we ever got through the halls to the roof God only Knows. Now and then we would meet someone else bound for the same roof, but we could not tell one from the other. When we got on the roof Will cried, "Where's father? I thought he was right behind us.' ' Leaving mother there We went back to the scuttle, but instead of father Mr. Wilson and his wife and children came up. 'Me must be right below here,' said Wiil, and down he went through the scuttle again. I followed him and we searched around with our hands to find him. Wo could see nothing at all on account of the smoke, and it was getting thicker all the time. We could feel nothing and I followed Will as he went alonff the haH and down the stairs to the next floor.. I had to stop there to hold my breath. I seemed to be bursting. The smoke was not as if it was just one thick fog like, but it seemed to couie in puffs or rolls and was getting hotter and hotter. We went on that way very slowly to the, second floor. Below the hall was the flames, but I saw Will creeping down the stairs, it seemed to me through a wall of llauio. I tried to follow, too, but I could not. The flames played ail around the bannister to which I held and in a moment tha skin began to peel off my hand. In a siornent Will came and 1 heard him say; . 'I can't find him, I can't find him.' When we got back to the roof it was crowded with pesple from all the houses in the block. Will's clothes were on tiro and be could not see. I led him down into tke next house, where we found mother. , jBother did not seem to know us. She sat. there rocking backward and forward arid wringing her hands and moaning. Tbefl we got down into the street and the doctor put us in the ambulance." -. ' ; The officer who arrested Snyder states that iOne of the most auspicious circumstances connected with: the'-. origin of the lire was the fact that when he ax-rested the proprietor of the restaurant at the corner of Twenty-seventh street tne latter had his policy of $1000 insurance on hi place in his pocket, although is.ed; ,he hail not been able to save even tha cash in the, money drawer. The policy would have expired September 24. : John Snyder, the owner of the restaurant on Seventh avenue, where the fatal fire , occurred this morning, and William Brooks, his colored cook, who were arrested oh suspicion of firing the place, ;were arraigned before the coroner this evening. Snyder was committed to the Tombs without bail, and Brooks was sent to the house of detention as a witness. .The police say they have a good case. The body of the unknown woman burned to death at the fire this morning on Seventh avenue was identified tonight as that of Annie Lyons, a domestic out of employment, who lived with Mrs. Jelfreys, one of the victims of the disaster. CLOSING UP THE WORK Of Constitntion Baking in the New State of Washington The Political Outlook There. Olympia, Aug. 19. The convention today, by a vote of 35 yeas and 34 nays, defeated the article on state school and granted lands. Eeveral efforts were then made to introduce a substitute for the defeated article, but were all voted down, and the committee on land was ordered to report a new article. This will delay the adjournment several days if not longer. Tbe convention adopted a seal, a vignette of Washington, with the words "Seal of Washington, 1SS9." The article defining state boundaries was also adopted after some discussion over the boundary along the.Columbia river. The northern boundary of Oregon is described in an enabling act of that state as running to the north channel of the Columbia river. There is said to be no north channel now, so the words were changed to "main channel." About noon papers from Seattle arrived with news that the Haynes and Squire factious for the United States Senate had broken out in a bitter fight, and President Hoyt of the convention was spoken of as a candidate for United States senator. He left at once for Seattle, and great consternation was created among the Republicans, who fear that these factional fights are endangering their supremacy in the state. TO G. A. K. ENCAMPMENT. George H. Thomas Post Will Co in a Body to Milwaukee. Chicago, Aug. 19. It has been agreed by the comrades of George II. Thomas Post No. 5 of Detroit to visit the national encampment at Milwaukee -in a body as an organization. They will go by water. This action is sanctioned by the department commanders of Illinois and Iowa, who indorse going by the lake. The fare for the round trip is -$2 from Chicago to Milwaukee and return. The steamer John A. Dix and others wiil leave Chicago Monday, August 26, at-9 p.m. George H. Thomas Post No. 5 will attend in full uniform and full force, with thesyeteran life and drum corps, and in the parade at Milwaukee will occupy the right of the line. The department commander and his stalf will be escorted by George II. Thomas Post No. 5 of Chicago. A GOOD SUGGESTION For Belief of Future Sufferers by Fire and Flood. Philadelphia, Aug. 19. A special meeting of the executive committee of the Universal Peace union was held here today, at which was adopted an address to the people of the United States suggesting the creation of a national relief fund to be applied for relieving distress caused by flood or fire, pestilence or famine, cyclones or earthquakes, or any similar catastrophe. It is suggested that any money remaining of the Johnstown fund after all distress has been relieved be used as the nucleus for the reception of any donations or legacies that may be bequeat'l el f r this specific obiec. It is proposed that the board of trustees be composed of the Governors of the several siates, the chairman thereof ts be the President of the United States. .. . TO THE QUEEN CITY. President Harrison and His Party Will Visit Cincinnati Tomorrow Morning:, Holding: a Eeception at Gibson House and Afterward Inspecting: Kew Chamber Commerce. How His Excellency Spent Yesterday at Deer Park. Deeh Park, SId., Aug. 19. President Harrison has somewhat changed the plan of his trip West, and will stop in Cincinnati before instead of after his visit to Indianapolis. The sub-committee of the Cincinnati chamber of commerce waited upon the President this noon, and he promised to attend the reception to be given on Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. in the new Chamber of Commerce building and to - pay a short call at the builders' exchange. President Harrison will be at the Gibson house in the morning and receive callers from 9 to 11. The President will leave here Tuesday night and arrive in Cincinnati at 7 Wednesday morning, and take a special train at about 4 p. in.' lor Indianapolis. Accompanying the PHesident will be Secretary Rusk. United States Marshal District of Columbia Ransdell and Private Secretary Hal-ford. The committee which waited on the President consisted of Theodore Cook, Joseph K. Brown; Q. L. Perine, L. R. Keck, B. H. Cox and J. M. Blair. They are highly elated at the success of their mission. President Harrison spent the morning considering' a few appointments of postmasters in Indiana, and in examining the papers in the case of Linden S. Clarke, sentenced to five years in the Virginia penitentiary for making false entries on the books of the First National bank of Richmond, Ya. After mature deliberation the President decided, in view of several extenuating circumstances in the case, to 1 commute the sentence to three years' con- linemeni. General George Crook, XT. 8. A., with Lieutenant L. W. V. Kennon of his staff came over from Oakland and called at the Spencer cottage to discuss Sioux matters. At 4 in the afternoon President Harrison and Attorney General Miller went driving. The News at Cincinnati. CisciusATr, Aug. 19. Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell rushed up the steps of the rostrum at the chamber of commerce today with more than his wonted activity with a telecram in his hand. There was a hasty gathering about and the colonel then said : "Gentlemen of the chamber of commerce, I have just received the following dispatch from Mr. J: R. Browa and the members of the Cincinnati committee who went, to Deer Park to mvita the President to Cincinnati." He then read the following-, .. . . : Tkeb Pawc, August 19, 1889. Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce: The President and secretary will reach Cincinnati on Wednesday morninfir, visit the chamber of commerce and spend the day, leaving for Indianapolis in the evening.MRa HAYBRigg CASE. , Legal Proceedings to Protect the Eights of Her Children Sev. Spurgeon's Attitude in Her Favor. LorjieviM-E, Aug. 19. The attorneys of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, now under sentence of death at Liverpool for the murder of her husband, James Maybrick, today filed suit in tbe federal court here for the appointment of trustees for her large estate in mountain lands in Breathitt, Pike and neighboring counties in this state. The property was left her by her grandfather, llarius Blake Holbrook of New York. She is joined in the suit by her stepfather. Baron von Boque, who acts for her mother. The rights of Mrs. May-brick's children, both under 10 years, are also reviewed and protection is sought for them. Tbe suit is friendly and its object is to secure relief from the necessity of giving security as trustees for W. H. Gardiner and Hamilton Bradshaw of New York and Eev. John Ingraham of Missouri, who are trustees for Mrs. Maybrick's properly elsewhere in America. They decline to serve for the Kentucky property if required to give security. Want More Evidence. London, Aug. 19. Home Secretary Matthews is awai ting further medical reports before coming to a decision in tbe Maybrick case. The reports will be submitted tomorrow. Tbe parliamentary petition in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick has" been signed by ninety-one members of the House of Commons. Spnrgeon Will SI En. London, Aug. 19. Rev. Dr. Spurgeon writes to the newspapers today that he will sign a petition for the release of Mrs. Maybrick, and will commend to his congregation the advisability of following his example. THE ORDER OF FORESTERS. Sleeting; of Knights of Sherwood Branch of That Organization. Minneapolis, Aug. 19. The supreme conclave of the Knights of Sherwood Foresters is in session at Elks' hall today. There are about fifty delegates present, the different portions of tbe country being represented. Among the officers present are Supreme Commander Pierce of Khode Island, K. B. Hannon of Sacramento, Cala., inspector general; J.H.Jackson, supreme adjutant. Providence, K. I., and Paymaster Brown of New York. The principal business was tbe changing of rules to -conform to the new constitution auopted by tbe Ancient Order of Foresters, of which th Knights are a branch. The conventon elected the following officers this afternoon : K. B. Hannon, California, commander; Adam Brown, New York, vice commander; O. K. Cronkite, California, adjutant; Charles P. Baxter. Ehode Island, paymaster. They adjourned late this afternoon. THE GLASS-WORKERS. Nothing in Talk of Proposed Combination.Pittsbceg, Aug. 19. "The talk about a combination of glass-workers b ing formed is all bosh," remarked W. J. Smith, president of the Fiintglass-workers' union, this afternoon. "Tbe green bottle-blowers have a strike on tbeir hands in the East. On Saturday representatives of our association met with their representatives to take steps toward assisting them in this strike. The windowglass-workers were not invited, neither were any of the K. of L. officials. Our moldinakers will reiuse to make molds to be used in non-union bottle houses, and in every way that we can we will assist the green bottle-blowers. There never has been any move made toward effecting an organization of all the glass-workers' unions." WORKMEN TO BE WITHDRAWN Because the Johnstown Funds Are Abont All Gone. Johnstown, Pa.. Aug. 19. It is now stated upon what is cousidered good authority that about all the money has been Sjuviit that had been guaranteed to Gov ernor Beaver for the prosecution of the state work here. Such being the case, it is said that in a few days the state force will be withdrawn and Johnstown will then be left to shift for itself. The people are very much alarmed about the matter, as it is evident that if the workmen are withdrawn now very serious consequences may ensue. Two more dead bodies were" taken out of cellars today. Neither of them were recognized. One was a man and the other a small child. , Police officials have been scouring the country for the past few weeks notitying people who carried oif things from the debris to return them. As a consequence many valuables are returned daily and find their way to the owners. Tbose'who do not return goods in their possession will be prosecuted. . - A SOUTHERN BLATHERSKITE. Hot-Headed Editorial from a Selma, Ala. Paper. - Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 19. An article in an independent paper at Selma, Ala., edited by a colored preacher named Bryan, has created a stir in Alabama. An editorial in the last issue abused the whites for various injustices against the colored race and concluded as follows: "Were you (the whites to leave this Southland in twenty years it would be one of the grandest sections of the globe. We would show you mossback crackers how to run a country. You would never see con-victs half starved, depriving honest work-iugmen of an honest living. It is only a matter of time when, throughout this whole state affairs will be changed, and I hope to your sorrow. We were never destined always to be servants, but like all other races wiil and must have our day;you now have yours. You have pedict-ed at" no very distant day we will have our race war, ana we hope, as God intends, that we will be strong enough to wipe you out of existence and hardly leave enough of you to tell the story. It is bound to come, and just such hot-headed cranks as the editors of some of our Democratic journals are just the right set to hasten it. It is fate." The whites in Selma are taking steps to prevent Rev. Mr. Bryan, who is now absent from the city, from ever coming, back. The executive committee of the White Kepublicans' Protective Tariff League, with headquarters at Birmingham, met here today and passed a resolution denouncing tbe editorial as incendiary and dangerous and tendering their moral, and if necessary their physical aid to stop such utterances. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER Is Surprised at the Arrest of Associate Justice Field; Pittsbcbo, Pa., Aug. 19. Chief Justice Fuller passed through Pittsburg on tbe "Limited" last night from Cresson Springs, Pa., where be left his two daughters, on his way to Chicago. When asked about the killing of ex-Judge Terry he said : "I had heard that Terry had uttered threats against Justice Field, but I did not know of them personally. I was surprised when I heard that Jnstice Field had been arrested. I can'not see what he had to do with the murder any more than any other spectator. Judge Sawyer has issued a habeas corpus and Justice Field will no doubt be released." Tbe chief justice said Justice Field was a man not to be deterred by threats but would do his duty under all circumstances. ": ' -' GOT TfTS) IGK. --' Jim Smith, Detroit Crook, Hit by a Ballet. ' Detroit, Aug. 19. Pedestrians on Fort street were startled this afternoon when a policeman with a smoking revolver in his hand hove in sight in full chase after a fugitive. Several shots were fired before the runaway was brought to a standstill. lie proved to be Jim Smith, a well-known Detroit crook. He is wanted for participation in several shady affairs. Officer Wat-kins came upon hiin unexpectedly today and attempted to arrest him. Smith eluded his grasp, however, and attempted to escape. When captured it was found that he. had been hit in the small of the back by one of tbe balls, it passing through his body, injuring vital parts. His recovery is doubtful. A FATAL MISTAKE. A Tonng Man Prepares a Death Trap for Himself. Wilkesbabke, Pa., Aug. 19. Frank Sorenson was fatally injured at Nanticcke, seven miles from this city, this morning by a trap which he had arranged to kill thieves. Someone had been stealing pigeons from the barn. Being unable to detect the thieves be loaded a revolver on Saturday, suspended it from a beam with tbe muzzle toward the door, and attached a line so that the opening of 1 be door would cause the revolver to explode. He was himself tbe first to try the trap and the bullet entered bis body just below the heart. Sorenson was 30 years old and married. He is stiii alive, but with no possible chance for recovery. TEXAS FEVER SCARE. A Claim That Cattle Have Died of It in St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 19. An evening paper says that the Texas cattle fever has made its appearance in St. Louis, and that there appears to be a conspiracy to prevent the discovery of tbe fact. Some time ago a number of cattle from Texas became affected in the pens here and thirty-five died from the fever. Since then a number of milch cows in that vicinity have died from the fever, and there is some alarm as to the city's milk supply. Health Commissioner Dudley denies the existence of the fever, while the dairy inspector does not credit it. Cattlemen, however, claim the disease from which the animals died was Texas fever, pure and simple. lURSCEO BY BLOODHOUNDS. Daring Attempt of Convicts to Escape Over the Stockade. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 19. Forty con-; victs, located on the brick-yard on the outskirts of this city, entered into a conspiracy Saturday to make their escape. Only three of the number were nervy enough to successfully carry out their plans. During the excitement of the "quitting" hour Saturday afternoon these three (white men. convicted of horse-stealing) made a bolt for liberty, jumping the stockade fence in their flight. They were tired upon without effect, but with the aid of bloodhounds two were captured in the near vicinity and the other near Hot Springs and brought back here. THE STRIKE IS OVER. Men Go Back to Work at the Old Waeos. FiTTfiBURG, Aug. 19. The strike at the Carrie furnace has been settled, the deputy sheriffs have been withdrawn and furnace No. 1 is now in operation with a full quota of men. Furnace No. 2 will be in blast by Friday or Saturday of this week. The men go back at the old rate of wages, but they have hopes of getting matters arranged more to their satisfaction in a short time. A week or ten days ago the superintendent oll'ered the men at furnace No. 2 an advance of 10 per cent. This was refused and afterward withdrawn by tbe lirtu. More men applied for work today than were needed. A SPLENDID CHARITY George W. Childs Makes An Official Statement Concerning: Drexel Industrial Institution. A Noble Gift' for the Betterment of the Young Men and Women of the Quaker Cit3 An Enterprise Involving the Use of a Million and a Half. THtLADELrniA, Aug. 19. The Public Ledger tomorrow will say editorially : "In order to correct erroneous impressions about the Drexel Industrial institution, which it was intended to establish at Wayne (near Philadelphia) it is thought advisable to make a brief statement, giving the original purpose as it existed in Mr. A. J. Drexei's mind, with a review of the circumstances which have modified and enlarged tha t purpose. His first thought was that as quite a number of institutions had been founded for the industrial training of boys, and but few. if any, exclusively for girls, that he would establish an industrial college for girls in which they should be instructed and trained in such a way as to help them to employment and occupations in which they could earn a liberal living. Accommodations and facilitities for housing, boarding and training about 200 girls were to be furnished, and to this end land and buildings were purchased at Wayne, and architectural plans were prepared by competent architects. "In addition to the girls who were to be thus boarded and instructed, it was thought that the contemplated institution might accommodate about 400 or 600 more girls who could get to school during the day, get their luncheon there and get back to their own homes in the evening. After more mature deliberation it was found that this scheme had several drawbacks, the chief of which was the withdrawal of the girls from home influence. There were other strong considerations, but that was the principal one. together with the belief that tho sphere of usefulness of such an institution might be very greatly enlarged by the adoption of another plan, abandoning tbe idea of boarding the girls and establishing the institute within tbe city limits. "It is now the purpose of Mr. Drexel to provide funds to purchase land and construct buildings, and for the maintenance of a full corps of instructors for an industrial institute for young women and young men that will - accommodate tor their instruction and training as many as a thousand girls in the daytime and a thousand boys at night. "The facilities and instructions to be provided for this school are to be free of any and all cost to its students forever that is, so far as the provision of ample funds and business toresight can assure. The working operations of the college will probably be somewhat similar to those of tbe Cooper institute in New York. A large lecture hall, capable of seating at least 2000 persons, and an extensive reading-room provided with all the useful technical and other books and appropriate periodicals and newspapers of the day, will be features of the plan. "To tb,e Ledger (which publishes the foregoing by authority) it appears that this modified and greatly enlarged scheme is much preferable to the original design not only because it will freely open the doors of the Drexel institution to so many more students, but because the administration of it will be simpler and much mora manageable. It will of course cost a much larger amount of monev, as an annual income of from $40,000 to '$50,000 may bo required for the college in addition to the cost of the land and buildings. In all, Mr. Drexel expects the foundation, lands and buildings and endowment of the institution may cost $1,600,000." THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY. Preparations for Its Centennial Anniversary.Baltimore, Aug. 19. The answers to the invitations to the centennial of tbe Catholic hierarchy, to be held in Baltimore November 10 and succeeding days, indicate a very large attendance. Fully fifty of tbe bishops of the United States will be present. Cardinal Taschereau, archbishop ol Quebec, has sent an acceptance. A feature of tbe occasion will be the Srobable attendance of a delegation from .ome. headed by a prelate holding high rank in the propaganda. A delegation of distinguished laymen from the Paoiticslope have already sent a request that seats be reserved. OVER THE FALLS. Two Girls Drowned, but Their Escort Saved. Philadelphia, Aug. 19. A special from Easton says! Charles Keller of Philadelphia, at present a bartender at Lambet-ville, N. J., accompanied by Mamie and Winnie Colligan, aged 17 and 20 respectively, went out boat riding at that place last evening, and at 9 o'clock tbe boat and its occupants were carried over the falls. The boat capsized and the girls were drowned. Keller was found a mile below the fulls clinging to the boat and was rescued. No Compromise Probable. Springfield, III., Aug. 19. The miners' delegates to the Chicago arbitration meeting returned Saturday evening, and yesterday afternoon the miners assembled in mass meeting to hear their report. The miners will stand by their resolution, adopted a few weeks ago, not to go to work at anything less than last year's prices, with tbe same rules and regulations worked under last year. No compromise will they accept. They are stubborn and determined to fight the battle out to tbe bitter end. A Mexican Editor Remembered. ' Chicago, Aug. 19. A private letter from Mexico just received states that Hon. Augu.itin Arroyo de Anda has been chosen president of the Congress of that country, by virtue pi m hich of bee be becomes vice president of tbe ro public Mr. de Anda will be remembered by many editors and others in this country as the most prominent member of the Mexican editorial party which made a tour of the United States in Professor Porter's Promotion. St. Paul, Aug. 19. Proiessor Edward D. Porter, for nine vears past proiessor of agriculture in the University of Mimu-noia and the director of the state agricultural experiment station at St. Anthony Park, Minn., since its organization, has been unanimously elected dean of tho College of Agriculture of Missouri and director ol its experiment station. Professor Porter lins accepted the positions and will enter upon his duties at an early day. American liar Association. CniCAo, Aug. 19. The annual meeting of the American itar association wiil be held in this city on the 28th. 2!)th and Win insts. Aside from the routine business ituu social matters connected wiih .it, there will be an address by David Dudley Field of New York, president, and papers by Henry 15. Hrowu of Michigan and Walter 11. 11 ill of Ueorgia. tbe Mills Knnnlui:. Provipemk, R. I.. Aufr. 19. The Riverside mills are running briskly today, although the sixty wool-sorters have not returned. Tha help whose . waees were one week overdue were paid iti full today, the mt fooiius u JiijOuO. '